Cost structure and resource efficiency of plasma processes

Total cost-of-ownership, operation costs, and resource efficiency of low-pressure plasma systems processes must be taken into consideration if new for surface treatment are to introduced. All three aspects will determine the costs any value increase per component subjected a process, they focus this article. At first glance, coating using seem dominated by high initial investments. However, following discussion show that operating at least same importance. With examples solar cells, hard coatings, organic film deposition, simple activation, it illustrated how different factors above dominate final production cost.